Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (P.S.) - Softcover
The well-meaning protagonists of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara are caught--to both disastrous and hilarious effect--in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. Ben Fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human.
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"The work of a talented writer pursuing compelling and complicated themes."--Austin Chronicle
"Fountain... is the perfect author to convert people who don't read short stories."--Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
"It is such an unexpected joy, in this age of introspection, to discover an American writer with a global outlook."--Jim Crace, author of Genesis and Being Dead
"[A] brilliant...exhilarating book, filled with heavenly language and insight."--Tom Bissell, author of Chasing the Sea and God Lives in St. Petersburg
"An exceptional story collection. . . Heartbreaking, absurd, deftly drawn. . ."--New York Times Book Review
"Fountain ... gets his message across without forsaking characterization and vivid descriptiveness. . .a revealing view of the human condition."--Miami Herald
"Superb debut story collection... Fountain knows the Third World; he [writes] with a precision that suggests firsthand knowledge."--Salon
"He imbues each narrative with an understanding of international politics and conflicts, and the sticky moral complexities involved."--Cleveland Plain Dealer
" ...the ambition and global outlook of Fountain's fiction marks a welcome addition to the literature produced in our state."--Houston Chronicle
"Brilliant..."--Seattle Times
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"Fountain... is the perfect author to convert people who don't read short stories."--Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
"It is such an unexpected joy, in this age of introspection, to discover an American writer with a global outlook."--Jim Crace, author of Genesis and Being Dead
"[A] brilliant...exhilarating book, filled with heavenly language and insight."--Tom Bissell, author of Chasing the Sea and God Lives in St. Petersburg
"An exceptional story collection. . . Heartbreaking, absurd, deftly drawn. . ."--New York Times Book Review
"Fountain ... gets his message across without forsaking characterization and vivid descriptiveness. . .a revealing view of the human condition."--Miami Herald
"Superb debut story collection... Fountain knows the Third World; he [writes] with a precision that suggests firsthand knowledge."--Salon
"He imbues each narrative with an understanding of international politics and conflicts, and the sticky moral complexities involved."--Cleveland Plain Dealer
" ...the ambition and global outlook of Fountain's fiction marks a welcome addition to the literature produced in our state."--Houston Chronicle
"Brilliant..."--Seattle Times
A dazzling debut collection of stories from the author of BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK
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- PublisherEcco Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0060885602
- ISBN 13 9780060885601
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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